NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE) Competitors

NorthWestern Energy Group (NYSE:NWE) and DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Which has better earnings & valuation, NWE or DTM?

DT Midstream has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NorthWestern Energy Group. NorthWestern Energy Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DT Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NorthWestern Energy Group	$1.42B	2.35	$194.13M	$3.71	14.66
DT Midstream	$922M	11.86	$384M	$4.11	27.38

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NWE or DTM?

DT Midstream received 28 more outperform votes than NorthWestern Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 42.53% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote while only 31.03% of users gave NorthWestern Energy Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NorthWestern Energy Group	Outperform Votes 9 31.03%	Underperform Votes 20 68.97%
DT Midstream	Outperform Votes 37 42.53%	Underperform Votes 50 57.47%

Do analysts rate NWE or DTM?

NorthWestern Energy Group presently has a consensus price target of $57.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.70%. DT Midstream has a consensus price target of $95.88, suggesting a potential downside of 14.81%. Given NorthWestern Energy Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NorthWestern Energy Group is more favorable than DT Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NorthWestern Energy Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
DT Midstream	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

Which has more risk & volatility, NWE or DTM?

NorthWestern Energy Group has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DT Midstream has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of NWE or DTM?

96.1% of NorthWestern Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of DT Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of NorthWestern Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of DT Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NWE or DTM more profitable?

DT Midstream has a net margin of 41.19% compared to NorthWestern Energy Group's net margin of 15.15%. DT Midstream's return on equity of 9.31% beat NorthWestern Energy Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NorthWestern Energy Group	15.15%	7.95%	2.89%
DT Midstream	41.19%	9.31%	4.53%

Is NWE or DTM a better dividend stock?

NorthWestern Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. NorthWestern Energy Group pays out 70.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DT Midstream pays out 71.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NorthWestern Energy Group has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. NorthWestern Energy Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor NWE or DTM?

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 1 more articles in the media than NorthWestern Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DT Midstream and 5 mentions for NorthWestern Energy Group. NorthWestern Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat DT Midstream's score of 0.70 indicating that NorthWestern Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NorthWestern Energy Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DT Midstream	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

DT Midstream beats NorthWestern Energy Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.